Ewok Force user

Hwayeez · Cadet Joined: 05 Jan 2018 Posts: 19

Looking for more brainstorming help...

One of my players just started a Force-sensitive Ewok. The furry little guy favors the bow, but also carries a spear for melee. He definitely wants to develop Force skills and powers but does *not* want to wield a lightsaber. Instead, he'd like to use the Force to help guide his arrows. I'm happy to work up some kind of archery-equivalent to the Lightsaber Combat power, but I'm looking for ideas on how to justify a substantial increase in damage dice for a Force-guided arrow without just making lighsaber-ish arrowheads.

My initial thought was to have him find a splintered kyber crystal so he could embed kyber shards in his bow and/or arrowheads. Other ideas?

garhkal · Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 5:55 pm Post subject:

I am not sure how you could get increased damage either.. Unless you make it where when using his force bow power, then he gets to use the rule of engagement dice pooling damage/to hit increase methods.. Such as he can sacrifice 2d from his tohit pool to gain +1d to damage. or use the other methods where every 5 over the to hit needed number he gets, he adds +1 to damage (OR make it 3:1).
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MrNexx · Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 8:14 pm Post subject:

Hmmm... I'd make it a Sense and Alter power; Sense for skill, Alter for damage. His arrows are far more accurate, and are accelerated by the Force.
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Falconer · Commander Joined: 08 Dec 2014 Posts: 316

Maybe I’m way off base here, but, doesn’t everybody use the Force? Aren’t Jedi just people who train in specific techniques to enhance use of the Force? If the Ewok character is not training with a Jedi, then, what sets his bow or spear use apart from any other Ewok’s? If he is training with a Jedi, then, isn’t lightsaber use essential to their method?

garhkal · Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 12:45 am Post subject:

That is a valid point. The Tepo paladins (SP??) left the order cause they DIDN'T want to train in lightsabers and wanted to focus on blaster combat..

Also, what era is this going to be in? How will this ewok have learned the force? Who will his master be, or will he not have one?
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Zarn · Force Spirit Joined: 17 Jun 2014 Posts: 698

Teepo paladin. And there's a nuance there - they wanted to train in blasters and other weapons in addition to lightsabers.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Teepo_Paladins

Hwayeez · Cadet Joined: 05 Jan 2018 Posts: 19

Answering questions:
- Classic post-ANH/pre-ESB era.
- Initial trainer will be a Force ghost.
- I'm assuming that there are other Force-users in the galaxy with techniques/training other than the Jedi or Sith ways and/or who don't use lightsabers - like the discussion of the Revwian Tia Adept in the Second Edition (Revised & Expanded) core book.

Thanks, all!

garhkal · Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 3:34 pm Post subject:

How will he be off planet?
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Hwayeez · Cadet Joined: 05 Jan 2018 Posts: 19

The Ewok was investigating an Imperial cargo shuttle on an Endor landing pad and got locked in the cargo bay when another PC, a defecting Imperial pilot, commandeered the shuttle and took off.

Whill · Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 11:05 pm Post subject:

garhkal · Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2018 12:46 am Post subject:

True there are plenty of force orders, but how well are they even known about, even IN a time frame After RotJ?? White current was barely even known of after luke met them in the black fleet crisis.. Witches of Dathomir were known of, but still locked on planet. Teepo paladins were all but exterminated by vader and co.. Not sure of the others..
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Whill · Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2018 1:49 am Post subject:

Hwayeez · Cadet Joined: 05 Jan 2018 Posts: 19

Thanks for all the great comments!

It's not just archery; the player definitely wants the Ewok to learn other Force powers, possibly even from the Jedi method. He just doesn't want a lightsaber.

I've never used the dice pooling method; I'll look into that as an option, too. My players would've liked that when they ran into a wampa in the last session! (That was a planned "sometimes you need to run" encounter; always a risk for 10- and 12-year old boy players, but they handled it well. In fact, they surprised me by not throwing the single grenade they had, but instead quickly using teamwork to make a hole for it in the ice wall and intentionally collapsing the tunnel - demolitions skill FTW!)

CRMcNeill · Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2018 9:01 am Post subject:

Actually, there is precedent for this. One of the templates in WEG’s Heroes and Rogues book is a Force Sensitive Ewok Shaman. The D6 Holocron has it here.

As far as Lightsaber Combat, I’ve always felt that the power as worded places too much emphasis on the Lightsaber, and not the Jedi holding it. My current theory is to get rid of Lightsaber Combat entirely and fold the relevant portions into an expanded version of Combat Sense. The bonus curve wouldn’t be as high as it is in Lightsaber Combat, but it can be used with pretty much any personal weapon (including a bow and arrow).
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garhkal · Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2018 4:28 pm Post subject:

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